Why Do Some Submarines Fly A Pirate Flag?
You may have seen a submarine returning to port with a Jolly Roger flag waving from its mast. It turns out this is part of a ...
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Renaming of HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles pre-dates Labour government
The Royal Navy operates just five nuclear powered attack submarines, all of the Astute ... According to the UK government, the Ships' Names and Badges does not choose the names, rather having ...
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The Royal Navy’s Final Astute-class Submarine Is Being Renamed—And Britons Aren’t Happy
There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now ...